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The omnipresent Lakeland/Panas goalie inspired a string of stunned expressions, locking down a 16-8 win by turning away 16 shots. He short-circuited each Brewster comeback attempt Thursday with the help of a busybody defense.

"If you let Michael get hot it can be tough to score on him," said Brian Prunty, who led the Rebels with three goals and three assists. "He's always able to keep us in it, or in this case, keep them out of it."

Zingaro plays the position with the mentality of a middle linebacker.

"I like to come out and get involved with everything, pick up ground balls when I can," said Zingaro, who is committed to Manhattan College. "If they're going to throw a lazy pass and we can pick it off, I want to get that ball so we can go the other way."

Zingaro was able to play even more aggressively than usual after Lakeland/Panas (4-1) got loose in transition and built an early lead. Liam Erickson set up Liam DaRos in the second minute to give the Bears a lead, but the Rebels answered with three goals in 30 seconds.

Andrew Sofroniou won a faceoff and charged in to give the Rebels a 3-1 edge.

"That was big," said Kevin Prunty, who got the first two Lakeland/Panas goals. "All of the attackmen, we have really good chemistry, and we were finishing."

It was a 7-1 cushion before DaRos scored again with 1:03 to play in the first, and Sean Murphy got that one back right before the horn sounded.

Brewster (2-2) was making some mistakes, but was getting a lot of good looks. Zingaro just kept getting in the way.

"Every time they had a break, they put it right in the net and it started adding up," DaRos said. "(Zingaro) is definitely one of the best goalies in the section, one of the quickest I've ever played against."

A late run by the Bears made it 10-5 at the half, but that momentum quickly melted.

Sofroniou got another layup seconds after the intermission and Zingaro was there again each time Brewster came looking to string a couple of goals together.

Lakeland/Panas is dealing with some health issues, and was coming off a tough loss at Putnam Valley earlier in the week. Murphy had four goals for the Rebels.

"We did not have our best showing (Tuesday),'' Brian Prunty said. "It was nice to come out here and finish to stress what we've been working on."